Boston Real Estate Blog : 2007 : June

Archive for June, 2007

No one cries for the poor plumber (who only makes $2,400 per week – plus benefits)

Attention must be paid!
New England Patriots QB/QT – and fledgling real estate flipper – Tom Brady is under fire by the Plumbers & Gasfitters Union who want their brothers on the job at Bradyâ€™s Beacon Street rehab installing all of the bowls – Super or otherwise!
We’re not going to any Pats games until he builds [...]

06/28/07 | 7 Comments »

Kit Care Alot

I am so happy I am a resident of Massachusetts, where residents are so concerned about the environment.
Representative William Brownsberger, Democrat of Belmont, supports plans to acquire a parcel of land known as “Belmont Uplands” and turn it into conservation land.
His legislation calls for the state to fund $6 million of the purchase price [...]

06/28/07 | Leave a comment »

Mainstream media attempt to go Web 2.0, and fail

The Boston Globe started a real estate blog last week called, shockingly, The Boston Real Estate Blog. The Globe has six bloggers on board, including their main real estate reporter, a buyer, someone at the registry of deads, an attorney, and a real estate agent, among others.
Okay, obviously I’m biased, but let me just [...]

06/28/07 | Leave a comment »

Your guess, as good as mine

What caused the fall-off in condo sales and prices over the past year?
* Higher interest rates cut into borrowing power of entry-level buyers
* Tighter lending rules cut off access to funds for buyers
* High inventory levels (this one doesn’t make sense)
* No more buyers – anyone who wanted to buy, bought
* Domino effect – owners [...]

06/28/07 | 4 Comments »

Home sales drop in Massachusetts

Prices and volume of home sales in the Commonwealth dropped in May, compared to May, 2006.
According to the Warren Group, the publisher of Banker & Tradesman, the median price of a single-family home in Massachusetts was $315,000 in May, down 4.6 percent from a year ago when the median was $330,000.
… the volume of [...]

06/26/07 | Leave a comment »

Blog Tour USA to hit Boston, one week from today (actually, yesterday)

Blog Tour USA (or should I call it, The ANNUAL Blog Tour USA?) is kicking off next Sunday, July 1, in Boston, MA.
(It’s actually kicking off the night before, at a huge New York City party.)
Here are some details:
Weâ€™re announcing Blog Tour USA, the first (as far as we know) cross country real estate blog [...]

06/24/07 | Leave a comment »

Marlborough is a pretty city

You can’t find a better New England city than Marlborough, Massachusetts.
I guess.
Anyway, a new loft project called Renaissance Lofts was profiled in today’s Globe.
Renaissance Lofts sits near downtown, in a neighborhood of single-family homes, auto body shops, and storefront churches. There are other hints of renewal in the city. A nearby old armory building was [...]

06/24/07 | 6 Comments »

Archive for June, 2007

No one cries for the poor plumber (who only makes $2,400 per week – plus benefits)

Kit Care Alot

Mainstream media attempt to go Web 2.0, and fail

Your guess, as good as mine

Home sales drop in Massachusetts

Blog Tour USA to hit Boston, one week from today (actually, yesterday)

Marlborough is a pretty city

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Archive for June, 2007

No one cries for the poor plumber (who only makes $2,400 per week – plus benefits)

Kit Care Alot

Mainstream media attempt to go Web 2.0, and fail

Your guess, as good as mine

Home sales drop in Massachusetts

Blog Tour USA to hit Boston, one week from today (actually, yesterday)

Marlborough is a pretty city

Boston Real Estate/Boston Condos for Sale - Search MLS

Categories!

Search past blog entries

Site tools

Archives

Boston neighborhoods

Boston Condos for Sale

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